Roaring Creek Tract - Weiser State Forest

Big Mountain Trail–Corduroy Trail, 3 sights

7.4 mi · ▲ 679 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Big Mountain Trail–Corduroy Trail, 3 sights is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Roaring Creek Tract - Weiser State Forest near Aristes, PA. It climbs 679 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,155 – 1,660 ft · steepest grade: 24%7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.83090, -76.33590
Nearest town Aristes, PA

Directions

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Big Mountain Trail–Corduroy Trail, 3 sights

7.4 mi · ▲ 679 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Elevation 1,154–1,661 ft

Out & Back · Roaring Creek Tract - Weiser State Forest

Trailhead: 40.83090, -76.33590

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:33 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 350 ftBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.9 miBear left onto Headwaters Trail, heading NE.
  4. 450 ftContinue straight onto Old Field Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Homestead Trail, heading N.
  6. 150 ftTurn left onto Corduroy Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.6 miTurn left onto Headwaters Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left onto Sphagnum Trail, heading W.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Headwaters Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.9 miTurn right onto Pogy Road Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miReach Big Mountain Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left onto Headwaters Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.9 miBear left onto Sphagnum Trail, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftTurn right onto Headwaters Trail, heading E.
  15. 0.5 miTurn right onto Corduroy Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.6 miTurn right onto Homestead Trail, heading S.
  17. 150 ftTurn left onto Old Field Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Headwaters Trail, heading S.
  19. 450 ftBear right onto Big Mountain Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 7:33 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:11 PM for the 7:33 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:50 PM — 11 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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